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http://www.knom.org/wp/blog/2012/08/06/profile-caleb-scholars/#commentsMon, 06 Aug 2012 18:12:24 +0000http://www.knom.org/news/wp/?p=949The Caleb Lumen Pungowiyi Scholarship program offers 5 thousands dollars per semester for 4 registered tribal members from the Norton Sound, the Northwest Arctic, and the Arctic Slope regions. The scholarship deadline was originally the end of July, but that deadline has been extended to Friday, August 10th.

The scholarship is being awarded in honor of the late Caleb Pungowiyi, a prominent activist for subsistence and native culture. Caleb’s widow, Gladys Pungowiyi, says her late husband was immensely proud when his life’s work was honored in a way that supports subsistence and native culture. She said he helped design the scholarship program before his death.

Kawerak’s Löki Gale Tobin, the scholarship’s project specialist, says that while the scholarship aims to reward students pursuing science and rural development, students who believe their course of study aligns with Caleb’s principles are encouraged to make their case in their application.

More information, and application materials, can be found online at CalebScholars.org.

Instead of eating lunch at home, or going out to eat, the fast organizers are asking the community to participate in the lunch time fast and take the money they would have spent on lunch – or the food they would have eaten – and donate it to the food bank.

Löki Gale Tobin is a volunteer with the food bank helping organize the Lunch Fast for Hunger. She and other volunteers will be on hand at the food bank tonight, accepting donations generated by today’s fast.

Food Bank Director Paula Davis says summer demand has spiked at a time when local donations have fallen. She’s been appealing to businesses and organizations throughout Nome for help in filling the food bank’s shelves. A list of requested food items can be found online at the Nome Community Center’s website, NomeCC.org.

Donations for the lunch fast can be dropped off at the food bank tonight (Thursday), at the corner of Bering and Seppala, between 5:30 and 7 o’clock. (See the map below; the Nome Food Bank is located at the green arrow.)